Metal rail-tie.



PAIBNTBD PEB. 25, 1908.

G. L. HINDMAN. METAL RAIL TIE. APPLXUATION rILnD MAY 23. 1907.

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METAL RAIL-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application iiled May 23\ 1907. Serial No. 3751280.

No. 880,381. Patented Feb. 25, 1908.

the splice bars, said apertures adapted to 55 register with the apertures in the splice bars. The ties 9 are each seated in a tie chair 11 having offset portions l 2,forming seats for the ties, and the tie chairs 11 are also provided with apertures which register with and con- 60 form in contour to the apertures 7 and 8 in the splice bars. This invention relates to metal rail ties, The spikes or fastening devices each conand one of the principal objects of the same sists of an overhanging head 13 which enis to provide means for locking the rails to gages the upper 'surface of the splice bar. 65 the ties to prevent spreading, creeping or As shown in Fig. 3 the head 13 is upset, as at sinking' ofthe rails at the joints thereof. 14, over the head of the key 18 by 7a blow Another object of the invention is to profrom a sledge after the spike and key have 15 vide strong, durable and eflicient means for been placed within the apertures 7 and 8.

securing rails to metal ties to prevent the At the sides of the shank of the fastening 70 rails from movement in any direction after recesses 15 are provided, said recesses having they have been secured in place. upper shoulders 16 and lower shoulders 17, These and other objects may be attained as shown more particularly in Fig. 5. The 20 by means of the construction illustrated in key 18 consists of a head 19 provided with a the accompanying drawing, in which: shoulder 2O upon opposite sides thereof and a 75 Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pair of projecting head portion 21, while the lower railway rails of ordinary construction conendof theshankof thekeyisbeveled, as at 22. nected together by devices made in accord- In securing the splice bars to the meeting ance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan ends of the rails I use a series of bolts each view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view consisting of a squared head 23 and a shank 80 on the line 3 3, of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan provided with threads 24 at one end thereof, view of a portion of one of the rails, the the threads designed to engage a threaded splice bars, and the metal tie. Fig. 5 is a aperture in one of the fish plate portions of perspective view of one of the spikesor fasone of the splice bars, as shown more parteners. Fig. 6 is asimilar view of the key. ticularly in Fig. 3. After the splice bars 85 Referring to the drawing for a more parhave been secured in this manner in place, ticular description of my invention, the the fastening devices are placed in the aper. numerals 1 designate the meeting ends of a tures 7 and 8 which register in the splice pair of railway rails of the usual construction, bars, the ties, and the tie chairs, as shown in and 2 are the splice bars disposed upon oppo- Fig. 3, and after the fasteners are pushed up 90 site sides ofthe rails, and extending for some into the contracted portion 8 of the aperdistance upon opposite sides of the rail joint, tures, the keys 18 are inserted and the head said splice bars each comprising the vertical 13 is upset, as at 14, to engage with the `fish plates having upper and upper surface of the head 19 of the key. In

iianges forming lower ribs 3 and 4, and the intermediate this position the rail ends, the ties and the 95 To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. HINDMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Worthington, in the county of 5 Armstrong and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Metal Rail-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

Formed integral with the fish plate porprovided with a downturned end 10 designed space 5 formed by providing longitudinal grooves in the inner faces of the fish plate portions.

tions are the flanges 6 which extend over the base flange portions of the rails and are provided with apertures 7, each having ar reduced portion 8. The metal ties 9 are each to anchor the tie in the ground at opposite ends thereof to prevent the spreading of the rails. The ties 9 are each provided with apertures similar to the apertures 7 and 8 in tie chairs are firmly held in position, and will prevent the rails from spreading, sinking or creeping.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a rail joint made in accordance with my invention is of comparatively simple construction,4 will firmly hold the rails in place, can be quickly assembled, and as a whole can be produced at slight cost.

Having thus described. the invention, what I claim is:

1. A rail tie provided with downwardly bent ends to anchor the tie in the road-bed,

a chair for said tie, splice bars, said splice bars, tie, and tie chair having registering a ertures, fastening devices passed through t e apertures, and keys for holding the 5 fastening devices in place.

2. A rail joint comprising metal ties, a tie chair in which said ties are seated, splice bars, keys fitted in re istered apertures in the splice bars, ties and tie chairs, and keys 10 for holding the fasteners in place.

3. A rail tie comprising a bar of metal having apertures therein, spikes fitted in the a ertures, keys for holding the spikes in p ace, a tie chair in which the ties are tted,

' GEORGE L. HINDMAN. Witnesses z W. W. BARNHART, CHAs. BARNHART. 

